Americans are split down the middle on what action the Supreme Court should take later this year, with 50 percent saying it should rule that same-sex marriage must be legal nationwide and 48 percent saying that it should not.

On a Tuesday tour of the dam, TVA President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Johnson would not speculate on how long a fix might take to complete - or how much longer the lake will remain below even normal winter levels.

In statements released Monday, H. Fuller Cridlin said it has "always been a dream on mine to return to Lee County and serve the public as commonwealth's attorney. Lee County is the place I grew up and the place I hope to grow old."

"That's not uncommon for this time of the year,"MCPD Chief Jeff Jackson said. "They're looking for food, and if people are putting food in their trash or feeding their animals outside, the bears will find that."

Some Hawkins County students were served roast pork last week that was 4-6 years old, sparking outrage by a few local officials, and prompting the Board of Education to set a committee meeting to discuss the issue.

This is also the first time the National Guard has been called out to quell unrest in Baltimore since 1968, when some of the same neighborhoods burned for days after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

An inquisitive caller asked dispatchers, "What is considered legal with drugs?" She then elaborated that lots of "oils" are for sale on the Internet, and was curious "if anything could be mixed with them to make, like, bath salts or stuff?"